And what youre seeing now is how the 2020 u. S. President ial election is shaping up so far lawsuits calls to stop ballot counts and allegations of fraud to draw angry crowds into the streets. Make sure to check out our Website Party dot com for faster than light updates on anything and everything surrounding the u. S. Elections on behalf of the International Team id like to say thanks for watching and we hope to see you next time. Oh back skies are this is the kaiser report i think there is a winner yes we have a winner stays we have a what are we have a winner oh well incoming incoming. My best just a civil war but dont call in the troops for us because you know at the civil war the noises you hear the incoming missiles and shrapnel and nothing so weaponry thats just the larp ing going on and Rachel Maddow and and or some coopers head you know theyre magine in the civil war that was here that was happening oh yeah oh so the war the good the sequel when the sequels are as good as the
Thats how unconventional all these polls are right now. Were also going to follow more as the markets sort of i digesting the news we got out of the likes of alphabet, amazon and apple. By and large, the numbers were pretty solid, they just werent solid enough, and its weighing on the techheavy nasdaq as a result. Much more on that in a second. Now back to the cases at hand that are getting a lot of attention. 12 states now are reporting record oneday increases including illinois, indiana, maine, michigan, minnesota, missouri, nebraska, new mexico, North Carolina, north dakota, oklahoma, ohio, oregon. These are not just with oneday blips. These are new causes, the highest cases, the highest ever recorded since the pandemic began. Furthermore, 91,248 americans, more americans just tested positive for the virus. It is the highest of the pandemic period. Thats whats weighing more on the markets than anything else, the idea that these expanded cases and the kind that were seeing in europe
And as andrew was talking about, with mr. Lansdale, big tech will testify. The ceos of facebook, alphabet and twitter will face questions from a Senate Committee this morning. We, of course, will bring that to you carl guys, a lot of jitters, jim, this morning, as to what macron may say later on tonight, european time. Your point on social media has been this premarket weakness is not about the earnings themselves. Right look we would be in a stay in place order if we adopt what merkel is talking about. We have never been on the same page as merkel when trump came in she is more rigorous about hygiene and about masks and social distancing than our country is our country is not the way of germany. I would say you see chicago close, all the dining places, and restaurants and start thinking about travel, leisure, hospitality, it then bleeds into boeing we have this morning and i think it is impossible to think about boeing without thinking about once you get there, where can you go . I th
From the bloomberg terminal. Tipping point Boris Johnson is set to tighten u. K. Restrictions after a spike in virus cases. Italys government also considers stricter lockdown rules. Britains other headache the Prime Minister tells angela remains significant gaps in brexit trade talks. A crucial eu summit takes place. Hursday, and stimulus President Trump and House Speaker nancy pelosi blame each other for a lack of progress on a second package. Larry kudlow says he expects more negotiations this week. We are just under an hour away from the start of cash equity trading throughout europe, and in the u. K. , lets look at futures, indicating a positive open this morning across europe. We have euro stocks futures up 6 . 75 utures in frankfurt up and ftse futures kind of trailing behind, but still a gain of. 6 . Stocxx up. 6 . Gmm . Do you see on the anna i will get to that, but we have some breaking out from london. Iag says sean doyle will become ba, part of iag. This is interesting, give
Peters, and delivering the opening statement, a minute to acknowledge the United States passed another milestone that we have lost 200,000 americans to covid19. Our hearts go out to their families, husbands and wives, mothers and fathers, children, grandchildren and grandparents. Americans everywhere must fight to stop the virus from spreading, to protect millions more from experiencing this loss. As members of congress we will go to republicans, all united to be our part. We turn to opening statement, unlike every hearing, in the u. S. Congress economic committee, simply explore economic issues. We will focus on Public Health. With the closing of coronavirus is in march causing unemployment in april, democrats reset some of those Public Health experts in the country. Two all two nobel prize laureates, 5 former chairs of the president s council of economic advisers and 3 were president of the National Economic association over 2 dozen in all. Every one of them have the same urgent mess